Archive for the ‘classifieds’ Category
May 26, 2008
Gumtree claims to be the ‘UK’s No. 1 in classifieds - jobs, property, cars and more’ on its website. This surprised me due to Loot’s dominance in London, but as Loot only operates in a few cities in the UK, including Manchester, Liverpool and London, I can see why Gumtree may be able to make such a claim.
Both companies offer free listings for most categories, but Loot also places your add in there printed newspaper distributed through major UK cities. However, Loot does have a one-off placement policy so if you want to advertise your stuff until it’s sold you’ll have to pay to upgrade for this service.
We’d like to hear from you about which classified site you prefer.
Posted in Gumtree, Loot, classifieds | 2 Comments »
February 21, 2008
The 5 day eBay boycott by sellers has reportedly reduced eBay’s listings by 3%, from 14.5 million to 14 million.
Whether this dip in listings is directly because of striking sellers and the eBay boycott or whether it is just seasonal is just speculation. But eBay has certainly upset some regular sellers and PowerSellers who have mentioned they are unlikely to return to sell on eBay - turning to alternative auction websites like eBid or uBid or classifieds like Craigslist and Loot to sell stuff on.
Posted in Loot, alfie, auction, auction alfie, auctions, buy, buyers, classifieds, craigslist, ebay, ebay boycot, ebay strike, ebid, powersellers, search, sell, selling, shopping, ubid | 1 Comment »
January 29, 2008
Posted in Gumtree, alfie, auction, auction alfie, auctions, australia, buy, classifieds, ebay, ebid, gadgets, google, igoogle, oztion, search, shopping | No Comments »
December 30, 2007
Search eBay, eBid and Amazon through Auction Alfie from any website!
If you are using Internet Explorer 7+ or Firefox you can now add Auction Alfie’s auction search plugin so you don’t even need to come to AuctionAlfie.com to start your search - you can do it from any website!
To install the auction search plugin, drop down the ‘Search providers’ menu when you visit Auction Alfie next or go to our plugins page and install it straightaway:
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December 23, 2007
Tazbar has introduced classified listings for certain products, like cars, which require more interaction between buyer and seller, or where the handover process is longer.
For example, when buying a car the buyer made need to ask further questions about tax, MOT, mileage etc, or offer a part-exchange opportunity, and would also want to test-drive.
This is slightly different than eBay’s Buy-it-now feature as the listing will stay live on the website until the seller has finally exchanged products.
This is an exciting development for Tazbar and with low listing fees is great for sellers to.
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November 17, 2007
Auction Alfie has expanded it’s auction search tool to include Australian auction websites.
Australian auction and bargain hunters can now search eBay, eBid, Oztion and Gumtree with ease, making sure they get the best prices in the cheapest online auctions.
The auction and classified market is huge in Australia and Auction Alfie is keen to add more of the best Australian auction websites in the near future. Let us know which sites you would like to see included.
Posted in Gumtree, auction, auction alfie, auctions, australia, bid, classifieds, ebay, ebid, oztion, search, shopping | No Comments »
November 3, 2007
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October 12, 2007
The popular classifieds listing directory has announced plans to extend into Boston, New York and Chicago.
Gumtree already operates free classifieds listings in the UK, Poland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Gumtree will compete for classfieds in the US with Craigslist and Kijiji (owned by eBay).
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May 8, 2007
Unfortunately, Yahoo! Auctions has announced that it is to turn off it’s US and Canada auction bidding service as of 16th June 2007.
The last day to sell an item is 3rd June 2007.
This is a shame as Yahoo! Auctions proved to be an extremely popular auction site for people who preferred not to use eBay.
We will have to wait and see where eBay’s next competition comes from - will it be uBid.com or eBid.net or will the classifieds rise and rule the used/second-hand markets?
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